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An HIG Alumni List

By Eric A. Hulteen
Edited on Tuesday 11 October 2011

Who's Included

This page contains the names of everyone (to a close approximation) who ever worked in HIG -- the Human Interface Group at (what was then) Apple Computer, Inc. that existed from 1985 - 1994. The principle source of these names is the "HIG Phone List". This list was compiled from 46 of those documents dated between 3/6/89 and 5/27/94. In addition, I've added the names of people that I know were in HIG prior to the HIG Phone List and, as well, from looking at the annual HIG group photographs (see below).

I've tried to err on the side of being too inclusive rather than restrictive. As a result, the list includes interns, contractors, visiting scholars, and some temps. If there's someone you think should be on or off this list then send me email.

Permanent Employees and Summer Interns

By Last Name By First Name
  1. Abbott, Robert
  2. Abkowitz, David
  3. Arent, Michael
  4. Ascher, David
  5. Balthaser, Neil
  6. Bauersfeld, Penny
  7. Bishop, Durrell
  8. Chen, Michael
  9. Cheng, Lili
  10. Cohen, Jonathan
  11. Cooper, Eric
  12. Degen, Leo
  13. DiGiano, Chris
  14. Don, Abbe
  15. Ellenbogen, Jesse
  16. Erickson, Tom
  17. Fujikawa, Norio
  18. Gaver, William
  19. Gomoll, Kathleen
  20. Gould, Eric J.
  21. Greene, Angela
  22. Grisedale, Sally
  23. Hill, Charlie
  24. Hodges, Avril
  25. Honigberg, Lee
  26. Hooper/Woolsey, Kristina
  27. Houde, Stephanie
  28. Hulteen, Eric A.
  29. Husic, Freda
  30. Ito, Mimi
  31. Karimi, Shifteh
  32. Kemink, Joost
  33. Knapp, Lewis
  34. Kreitman/Rosendahl, Kristee
  35. Kurtenbach, Gordon
  36. Leahy, Frank
  37. Maddux, Scott
  38. Mander, Richard
  39. McClard, Anne Page
  40. Mead/Sazegari, Sara
  41. Miller, Kenny
  42. Mills, Michael
  43. Mountford, S. Joy
  44. Mullen, Deb
  45. Narine, Tracy
  46. Nicol-Thomas, Anne
  47. O'Sullivan, Daniel
  48. Palevich, Jack
  49. Price, Blaine
  50. Ritter, Ruth
  51. Ropa, Amanda
  52. Rosen, Joseph
  53. Rowell, James
  54. Sacher, Heiko
  55. Salomon, Gitta
  56. Schmucker, Kurt
  57. Sciammarella, Eduardo
  58. Sellen, Abi
  59. Sellman, Royston
  60. Shen, David
  61. Silver, Nancy
  62. Small, Ian
  63. Smith, Dave C.
  64. Standley, Dabney
  65. Stifelman, Lisa
  66. Strub, Hank
  67. Sullivan, John
  68. Teodosio, Laura
  69. Thomas, Greg
  70. Thompson-Rohrlich, John
  71. Tobias, James
  72. Tognazzini, Bruce
  73. Tycz, Jeff
  74. van Achterberg, Jay
  75. Venolia, Dan
  76. Vertelney, Laurie
  77. Vronay, David
  78. Wagner, Annette
  79. Withey, Kate
  80. Wong, Yin Yin
  81. Yawitz, Mitch
  82. Young, Gary
  83. Young, Peter
  1. Abbe Don
  2. Abi Sellen
  3. Amanda Ropa
  4. Angela Greene
  5. Anne Nicol-Thomas
  6. Anne Page McClard
  7. Annette Wagner
  8. Avril Hodges
  9. Blaine Price
  10. Bruce Tognazzini
  11. Charlie Hill
  12. Chris DiGiano
  13. Dabney Standley
  14. Dan Venolia
  15. Daniel O'Sullivan
  16. Dave C. Smith
  17. David Abkowitz
  18. David Ascher
  19. David Shen
  20. David Vronay
  21. Deb Mullen
  22. Durrell Bishop
  23. Eduardo Sciammarella
  24. Eric A. Hulteen
  25. Eric Cooper
  26. Eric J. Gould
  27. Frank Leahy
  28. Freda Husic
  29. Gary Young
  30. Gitta Salomon
  31. Gordon Kurtenbach
  32. Greg Thomas
  33. Hank Strub
  34. Heiko Sacher
  35. Ian Small
  36. Jack Palevich
  37. James Rowell
  38. James Tobias
  39. Jay van Achterberg
  40. Jeff Tycz
  41. Jesse Ellenbogen
  42. John Sullivan
  43. John Thompson-Rohrlich
  44. Jonathan Cohen
  45. Joost Kemink
  46. Joseph Rosen
  47. Kate Withey
  48. Kathleen Gomoll
  49. Kenny Miller
  50. Kristee Kreitman/Rosendahl
  51. Kristina Hooper/Woolsey
  52. Kurt Schmucker
  53. Laura Teodosio
  54. Laurie Vertelney
  55. Lee Honigberg
  56. Leo Degen
  57. Lewis Knapp
  58. Lili Cheng
  59. Lisa Stifelman
  60. Michael Arent
  61. Michael Chen
  62. Michael Mills
  63. Mimi Ito
  64. Mitch Yawitz
  65. Nancy Silver
  66. Neil Balthaser
  67. Norio Fujikawa
  68. Penny Bauersfeld
  69. Peter Young
  70. Richard Mander
  71. Robert Abbott
  72. Royston Sellman
  73. Ruth Ritter
  74. S. Joy Mountford
  75. Sally Grisedale
  76. Sara Mead/Sazegari
  77. Scott Maddux
  78. Shifteh Karimi
  79. Stephanie Houde
  80. Tom Erickson
  81. Tracy Narine
  82. William Gaver
  83. Yin Yin Wong

Visiting Scholars and Contractors

By Last Name By First Name
  1. Baecker, Ron
  2. Brennan, Susan
  3. Buxton, Bill
  4. Casey, Ted
  5. Chen, James
  6. Cohen, Donna
  7. Crampton-Smith, Gillian
  8. Laurel, Brenda
  9. Mann, Donna
  10. Mitchell, Peter
  11. Pea, Roy
  12. Ruttenberg, Alan
  13. Sulzen, James
  14. Wellington, Rob
  1. Alan Ruttenberg
  2. Bill Buxton
  3. Brenda Laurel
  4. Donna Cohen
  5. Donna Mann
  6. Gillian Crampton-Smith
  7. James Chen
  8. James Sulzen
  9. Peter Mitchell
  10. Rob Wellington
  11. Ron Baecker
  12. Roy Pea
  13. Susan Brennan
  14. Ted Casey

HIG Group Photos

These are small scans of the annual HIG group photographs. If you're in one of these pictures and you want to have a larger version of the image then send me email.

1987 1987 human interface group photo 1988 1988 human interface group photo
1989 1989 human interface group photo 1990 1990 human interface group photo
1991 1991 human interface group photo 1992 1992 human interface group photo
1993 1993 human interface group photo